How to Cut Guitar Strings Cleanly – and Why They Keep Wrecking Your Wire Cutters

You finish a restring, reach for the cutters to trim the tails at the tuning posts, and the cut ends come off ragged: burred, sharp stubs where you wanted a flush, clean cut. Then you look at the jaws: another shiny notch, one more chip in blades that were already dented from the last set […]